Death and Ancient Finnish Culture
This paper considers the beliefs of ancient Finnish and Karelian culture about death, immortality and ghosts. These beliefs are reflected in the Finnish national epic Kalevala. Finno-ugric mythology has a great deal in common with Greek mythology. The beliefs described in the paper are discussed in...
Published in: | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publications
1976
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/j08n-9r1j-xtf6-1u2a http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2190/J08N-9R1J-XTF6-1U2A |
Summary: | This paper considers the beliefs of ancient Finnish and Karelian culture about death, immortality and ghosts. These beliefs are reflected in the Finnish national epic Kalevala. Finno-ugric mythology has a great deal in common with Greek mythology. The beliefs described in the paper are discussed in the light of certain psychodynamic views. |
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